The Beats Product Design team is seeking a product design engineer to design and develop new, cutting-edge products to expand our industry-leading product portfolio. If you enjoy applying your creativity and attention to detail to collaboratively solve design challenges, join us! A Beats Product Design Engineer is required to be innovative and collaborative with experience in designing, developing, testing, and documenting mechanical design solutions. You will work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with teams across Apple including Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Acoustics, Human Factors, and Software to define product objectives, design solutions, and validate the performance of those designs through mass production, all while keeping customer experience at the forefront. You will be given the opportunity to develop proprietary designs needed to enhance the functionality of our products. Your contributions will have broad impacts - from the overall system form factor down to the smallest details.Mechanical design development in 3D & 2D Electrical component and module integration Collaborating with cross-functional partners to understand and execute on critical integration and performance requirements Partnering with external vendors & internal manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, manufacturability, and cosmetics Building proofs of concept and prototypes, testing, and analysisBS Mechanical Engineering 3D CAD Expertise 2+ years of product design experience, or equivalent Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning (GD&T) at sub-assembly and full system levels Ability to travel internationally (up to 20%) Flexibility and comfort working in a rapidly changing environmentMS Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Hands-on consumer electronic product design experience in a fast-paced and high-volume production environment Direct experience with audio products and/or highly complex, wearable devices Experience with NX, TeamCenter, or Agile Broad range of experience designing for various materials and processes: plastic injection/compression molding, metal machining, metal forming/stamping, extensive material finishing, and cosmetic treatments Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and ability to use statistical tools and techniques to support design Ability to work with Industrial Design to assess product features for manufacturability and recommend capable processes, equipment, etc. Experience with component modules (audio drivers, connectors, batteries, electronics packaging, antennas, PCBAs) Experience working with overseas manufacturers Experience with basic finite element analysis and general mechanical engineering analysis Excellent written and verbal communication skills and people skills; ability to interact with management, team members, and external vendors to achieve project goals and contribute positively to the engineering community
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